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‘Unjust and ridiculous’: Senegalese football fans bewildered by Afcon debacle

Supporters of national side struggle to come to terms with decision to declare Morocco the winner of Africa Cup of Nations Two days after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) stripped Senegal of its 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title and instead declared the host nation, Morocco, champions, Alhassan Hann remains in shock. “We didn’t expect this at all,” the 23-year-old Dakar university student said. “This decision is unjust. Personally, I find it ridiculous. I think it doesn’t give a very

Champions League review: more trauma for the Premier League as Europe’s big beasts stir

Only two of the Premier League’s last-16 teams made it to the quarter-finals while European giants are coming into form when it matters Another traumatic week for the self-worth of the Premier League, one in which Europe’s big beasts got into their stride. The defending champions, Paris Saint-Germain, put on a devastating display at Chelsea. Bradley Barcola’s goal, their second, was the highlight of a 3-0 win. Barcelona ran out 7-2 winners over Newcastle, having been level at half-time at 2-2, 3

The Big Absences From Ireland's World Cup Play-Off Squad To Face Czechia

Evan Ferguson, David McGoldrick and Josh Cullen are among the notable absentees from Ireland’s squad for the World Cup playoff against Czechia.

'I'd love her to be here' - Fernandez on Putellas friendship and London City

London City Lionesses and Spain defender Jana Fernandez talks to Alex Scott about adjusting to life in the WSL after moving from Barcelona, in a new episode of Eat & Yap which you can watch in full on BBC iPlayer.

A lost generation of female footballers: ‘When I got in my kit aged 46 I started crying’

Today’s newsletter looks at the women who grew up in the 1970s, 80s and 90s loving football but had little or no opportunity to play. I was one of them I screamed so loudly when Chloe Kelly scored the winning goal in the 2022 European Championship that our children ran from the room. They were too young to understand what it meant. Since then they’ve watched the Lionesses reach the final of the 2023 World Cup and seen them victorious at Euro 2025. They are growing up with women playing football

History made as Messi hits 900 goals

Lionel Messi's scores his 900th goal in Inter Miami's match against Nashville SC in the Concacaf Champions Cup. The 38-year-old joins Cristiano Ronaldo in reaching the milestone. Watch some of his greatest World Cup goals.

The 15-year-old Man Utd prodigy still too young to play senior football

At 15, Manchester United's JJ Gabriel is too young to play in the Premier League but he is already showing clear signs he is a huge talent.

Salah springs to life and plays retro Mo in his own tribute act for Liverpool | Barney Ronay

The Egypt forward led Galatasaray a merry dance for 17 second-half minutes to Anfield’s delight Welcome back, Mo. The old place has missed you. How many more of these are we going to get? It would be incorrect to say this was Mohamed Salah’s night at Anfield. It was instead Mohamed Salah’s 17 second‑half minutes, although these were the decisive 17 minutes in this Champions League tie, and one of those interludes at this ground where a kind of voodoo descends, the night goes a little wonky and g

Four English teams out in 24 hours - what happened and why?

With just two out of six Premier League teams progressing to the Champions League quarter-finals, what went wrong for the English sides?

Jackman Says Mack Hansen Has Battle On His Hands To Oust Ulster Man From Ireland Team

The one who got away: how did Australia lose one of its brightest football talents to Croatia? | Jack Snape

Adrian Segečić’s switch of allegiance has left Socceroos fans wondering what might have been – and reopened a great Australian football debate There have been many to choose other nations over Australia, but for Socceroos fans this one hurts. One of the country’s best young players formally changed his footballing allegiance to Croatia at the weekend, reopening the debate about how the Socceroos can keep hold of the country’s brightest talents. Adrian Segečić, a talented attacking midfielder wit

Afcon final chaos - key questions answered

Our Ask Me Anything team look at why the 2025 Afcon final result has been overturned - and what it means.

Decision to strip Senegal of Afcon title has left me gobsmacked – and others in Africa furious

Ruling of the Caf appeals committee is against the laws of the game and casts another shadow over Motsepe’s stewardship as president In more than three decades of reporting on African football, I have gone through the entire gamut of emotions: exhilaration over some of the continent’s great moments at the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) and World Cup; frustration over the errors its governors make; and deep despair, wondering whether its custodians will ever live up to their responsibilities and d

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CAS confirms Senegal appeal after AFCON title controversially stripped

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) have confirmed an appeal from Senegal which aims to overturn the controversial decision to strip them of their AFCON title.

Why ex-Palace winger Olise is now in Ballon d'Or contention at Bayern

Michael Olise has been in superb form for Bayern Munich this season, has the French winger put himself in contention for the Ballon d'Or?

What is the earliest an uninjured goalkeeper has been substituted? | The Knowledge

Plus: which team has played the most weekday league matches and more snubbed hat-trick heroes Mail us with your questions and answers “What’s the earliest an uninjured goalkeeper has been substituted?” asks Sam Roberts. Unless you’ve been at a digital retreat in the Kerguelen Islands for the past eight days, you’ll know the context of this question. With Spurs 3-0 down at Atlético Madrid last week, their goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky, who was at fault for two of the goals, was substituted after on

Liverpool may end up getting rid of Slot purely because they cannot think of what else to do | Jonathan Liew

The head coach is not responsible for many of the problems at Anfield but he is the most obvious target for those seeking reasons for the team’s decline It was the coffee bar at the training ground, installed by the Fenway Sports Group’s chief executive, Michael Edwards, after he got the idea from visiting Roma. It was Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits, added to the post-match playlist by Alisson and which could be heard booming out of the Liverpool dressing room after victories. It was the video

Marseille moving at ‘speedboat pace’ after rebrand in their aim to make waves

Independent team now called Les Marseillaises want to become an iconic club and have the history-making Corinne Diacre at the helm “Here in Marseille your blood is not red, it’s blue,” says Les Marseillaises’ manager, Corinne Diacre. “Even today it can be hard for some parents to see their girls wanting to play football, but here they don’t play football: they play for Marseille. It’s seen as completely different.” Diacre is happy and relaxed. The rebranded and independent Marseille women’s team

David Squires on … Max Dowman, Arsenal’s great release and Chelsea’s Tierney totem

Our cartoonist on the Gunners’ teenage saviour and a new springtime ritual at Stamford Bridge Buy a cartoon | David’s favourite works of 2025 And his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...

‘I just wanted to be who I am’: the extraordinary story of Tony Powell, the secretly gay footballer

Former Norwich defender lived for years in an LA motel, cut ties with his family for more than three decades and is now the subject of a documentary “I hated it,” Tony Powell says on a spring afternoon in Los Angeles of his past as a secretly gay professional footballer for Bournemouth and Norwich in the 1970s. Powell is 78 and now lives in a very different world compared with when he was a husband, the father of two young daughters and Norwich’s player of the season in 1979. Powell is not a dem

‘The Premier League is surprisingly lenient’: did Chelsea get off lightly?

Experts believe club would be lucky to escape with fine and suspended transfer ban but further penalties may follow The Premier League’s judgment against Chelsea for breaking football’s rules – during an eight-year trophy spree under Roman Abramovich – concludes that the club engaged in “deception and concealment”. The breaches, more than 30 of them, relate to at least £47m in off-book payments linked to landmark deals for star players, including Eden Hazard, Willian, David Luiz and Nemanja Mati

From Bodo to Brentford - ranking this season's biggest overachievers

Bodo/Glimt must be the most romantic story in European football in decades but are they the team that has defied the odds the most this season? Here are all 10 contenders...

Laporta shrugs off the flak and cruises to re-election as Barcelona president | Sid Lowe

Spaniard had backing of the players and Johan Cruyff’s widow, celebrating with a cigar in his favourite nightclub Joan Laporta accompanied his players from the football pitch to the polling station, singing and winning all the way. From his seat high in tribuna, Barcelona’s outgoing president – who was about to become their incoming president – watched them beat Sevilla 5-2 and then headed back down to his place in the 995-capacity marquee outside the new Camp Nou. There, surrounded by cameras a

Fàbregas outwits Gasperini to take controversial Como a step closer to Champions League | Nicky Bandini

The club by the lake are far from universally popular but the Como manager’s clever tactics brought a key win over Roma For once the TV cameras at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia had not picked out a Hollywood A-lister in the stands, but a celebrity of calcio instead. Gennaro Gattuso, the Italy manager, as well as a World Cup and Champions League winner, had come to watch Como play Roma. A crucial game in the race for Europe, the teams having started the weekend level in fourth place. And still

When can Arsenal win the Premier League?

Arsenal are nine points clear at the top of the Premier League, but when can they officially win the title?

Laporta re-elected Barcelona president for fourth term

Joan Laporta vows Barcelona will be "unstoppable" as he is re-elected club president for a further five years.

Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action

Max Dowman’s magic, Konstantinos Mavropanos shows heart and Chelsea go all LinkedIn but fail to link up It is easy to say that Tottenham have a goalkeeping problem. Antonin Kinsky was brought in against Atlético Madrid precisely because Igor Tudor was having doubts about Guglielmo Vicario. Back in the lineup at Anfield, Vicario didn’t cover himself in glory for Liverpool’s opener. Dominik Szoboszlai is good at free-kicks – a quarter of the 16 scored in the Premier League this season have been hi

Cole appointed manager of Serie B side Cesena

Former Arsenal and Chelsea defender Ashley Cole appointed manager of Serie B side Cesena until the end of the season.

Bayer Leverkusen hitting form right on time

Bayer Leverkusen's Matchday 26 draw with Bayern Munich was their second stalemate in a week after also tying with Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League, and although Kasper Hjulmand's side couldn't hold onto win either game, they proved they're more than capable of going toe-to-toe with Europe's best.